PARTULA, NEW HEBRIDES. 289 



pale 'buff, sometimes roseate towards the apex. Spire conic, 

 rather acute; whorls 5, moderately convex, the last a little 

 longer than the spire, somewhat impressed in the middle in 

 front, the base sack-like. Golumella subvertical, somewhat 

 folded above. Aperture a little oblique, oblong; peristome 

 whitish, expanded, calloused within ; the right margin spread- 

 ing, subdentate within above the middle. Length 17, diam. 

 9, aperture with peristome 9.5x7 mm. (Pfr.). 



New Hebrides (Cuming coll.). 



Partula repanda, PFR., P. Z. S. 1855, p. 98 ; Monogr. iv, 512. 



The figure is from 'a drawing by Mr. E. A. Smith of one 

 of the type lot in the British Museum. It represents a pale 

 fleshy example, an accompanying note stating that others are 

 pale yellow. 



80. P. VANICORENSIS (Quoy & Gaimard). PL 35, figs. 15, 16, 17. 



"Shell ovate- conic, perforate, solid, longitudinally and 

 transversely striate, fulvous. Aperture oval ; peristome wide, 

 reflexed and white ; whorls 5 or 6. 



"All the individuals of the division of Partulas are re- 

 markable for the generally short aperture, the wide and 

 strongly reflexed peristome and especially for the very deli- 

 cate intersecting longitudinal and transverse striae. 



' ' This new species is solid, long, regularly ovoid. The aper- 

 ture is ovate, a little contracted, with the peristome much 

 expanded but only a little thickened within, tending to be- 

 come entire. The columellar margin is dilated, callous at the 

 base, partly covering the umbilicus which is oval and not deep. 

 The spire is pointed, whorls wide, oblique, rounded, the last 

 whorl, a little swollen, is larger than the others taken together. 

 The suture is linear. The color of the shell is fawn, becom- 

 ing more or less brown. The individuals of a pale tint are 

 marked, principally on the last whorl, with longitudinal bands 

 of a darker shade of fawn. The peristome is white or viola- 

 ceous. Length 10, diam. 4% lines. 



' ' The young shell is globose, swollen, more strongly striate 

 transversely, and has a strongly marked double keel. 



